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From: ins_anmy@jhunix.UUCP (Norman Yarvin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.misc
Subject: Reasons for buying a computer (was Colorburst)
Message-ID: <5834@jhunix.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 87 03:18:54 GMT
References: <2246@tekig5.TEK.COM> <36598@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: ins_anmy@jhunix.UUCP (Norman Yarvin)
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In article <36598@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes a lot
of good suggestions about buying a computer.  I can't understand this though:

>* Don't buy a computer to learn programming. If you ever want to program
>  a computer you own, learn programming *first*. Then you will know when 
>  the programming environment a computer offers is usable.

How is someone going to learn programming without a computer?  Granted,
Usenet people must have access to at least one.  But the world at large does
not.  Don't tell me you are going to just sit there and read a book; very
few have that much willpower.  And even if someone did, would he/she learn
anything about which computer to buy?  Very little, probably.

				Norman Yarvin
(seismo!umcp-cs | ihnp4!whuxcc | allegra!hopkins) !jhunix!ins_anmy

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